VLADIMIR Putin’s bombers have conducted more than 1,000 airstrikes since the start of the year, hitting 100 terrorist positions every day, as the Kremlin renews it vow to destroy Islamic State (ISIS) in Syria and Iraq.

ISIS fighters

Iraq and Syrian jihadists, including the Paris and Brussels attacks suspects.

But the Prime Minister’s spokeswoman confirmed this morning that the RAF had carried out several air strikes against ISIS militants in Syria on Sunday, deploying the Brimstone for the first time there.

The missiles, which are designed to hit fast-moving targets and have already been used by Britain's Tornado jets in Afghanistan, Libya and Iraq, should bolster the fight against ISIS by delivering surgical strikes that minimise civilian casualties.

On Monday morning, an RAF Reaper flew the 1,000th drone sortie against ISIS since the beginning of operations in October 2014, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) said.